[Public-List] Bilge Pump-water ingress

[Gordon Laco]

Sounds like a weeping leak....





On 07/07/10 3:03 PM, "dan walker" <dsailormon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i may need more beer
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/7/10, mahseer at kos.net <mahseer at kos.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: mahseer at kos.net <mahseer at kos.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
>> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 2:53 PM
>> Most of my water enters through the
>> engine room vents plus some through
>> the lazeret fresh air vent.
>> 
>> John Boor
>> MAHSEER #380
>> 
>> 
>>> i have had three automatics since 2000 so yup, they do
>> not last. finally
>>> figured out most of the water in my bilge was from the
>> rain. going to buy
>>> a case of beer the next time they predict three days
>> of steady rain and
>>> put a floodlight in the area under the cockpit and
>> just stare until i
>>> figure out the source.
>>> 
>>> --- On Wed, 7/7/10, darcyhaldeman at cs.com
>> <darcyhaldeman at cs.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> From: darcyhaldeman at cs.com
>> <darcyhaldeman at cs.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
>>>> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>>>> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 11:50 AM
>>>> Thanks for all the info.  Yes,
>>>> we have the manual pump, and no, we won't depend
>> on the
>>>> auto.  It's just one more layer of protection. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Rachel <penokee at cheqnet.net>
>>>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
>>>> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>>>> Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 11:34 am
>>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> John,
>>>> 
>>>> The iron starts just slightly aft (inches) of the
>>>> under-sole bulkhead that separates the aftermost
>>>> under-saloon compartment from the engine bilge. So
>> you may
>>>> not be tapping into it anyway. (But I still prefer
>> the
>>>> L-bracket mounting so you can pull the pump up for
>> service,
>>>> etc. and then you have no fasteners down low).
>>>> 
>>>> Not that maybe a liner boat does not have that
>> particular
>>>> bulkhead but the ballast should still end in the
>> same place
>>>> (i.e. just forward of the engine flywheel).
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know how they changed bilge construction
>> for liner
>>>> boats, but in the earlier boats all the ones I've
>> seen have
>>>> a really poor seal between the bilge and the
>> ballast pig
>>>> anyway (as in.... it had completely failed).
>>>> 
>>>> Rachel
>>>> ex #221
>>>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:50 AM, JIRVING104 at aol.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a manually operated electric bilge
>> pump, but
>>>> generally use > the whale pump. the concern I
>> have with
>>>> the electric pump, is it is > mounted at the
>> bottom of
>>>> the bilge and the screws penetrate the >
>> fiberglass into
>>>> the iron keel. I would think jeopardizing the
>>> 
>>>> watertight integrity of the keel would be a
>> problem. Has
>>>> anyone > found a good solution to this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> John Irving, #634
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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